GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA Neottia. 257 



Meadows, pastures, on chalh. Sm. * * Penley Hangings. Sb. 

 (Near some old stone-pits, S.W, of South Hinksey, Bx.) South 

 side of Shotover Hill. JB.v. Appleton, Berks. 3Iiss Hoskins. 

 Near Nuffield. Rev. Mr. Gore, Mayd. Coll. O.vford. 



Stem leafy, a foot high. Neet. purplish brown, spotted with 

 yellow. Caly.v-ls. rose-coloured. 



Discrim. Most allied to Oph. aranifera, from which it differs in 

 having the three calyx-leaves reddish, and a nect. of five lobe^ 

 instead of three : the central lobe (a hooked proboscis,) also 

 forms a recurved point, compared by some, to the sting of the 

 bee. 

 The plant fi'om the curious resemblance of its flower to the bee, 



is too generally rooted up with avidity by florists, as are other 



similar species. Every true botanist will gather with a sparing 



hand, whatever rarity he may meet with. 



O. aranifera. Early Spider Ophrys. Lip the length of 

 the calyx, swollen, hairy, rounded, with four shallow, 

 bent back, marginal lobes. Column acute, curved 

 inward. Cells of the anther near together. Petals 

 linear, smooth. E. B. 65. O. fucifera. C. 6. &J. 

 Orchis andrachnitis. G. E. 21 6. 



Dry, clialtcy, limestone, or grar-elly pastures, and pits. Sm.** Old 

 Stone Quarries, near Wheatley. Between Witney and Burford, 

 on the road side near the four mile stone. Caversham Warren. 

 Sh. Not found about Wheatley, in 183]. B.v. 



Per. April. 



Stem less tall than Op. apifera. Cal.-leares, and petals, green, 

 shorter than the nect. Nect, slightly notched at the end, hairy, 

 except the spot towards the base, dusky, with greenish margin, 

 green underneath, 



Discrim. From Oph. apifera, by its large middle lobe of the nect. 

 simply notched, and not ending in three recurved points : it also 

 flowers two or three months earlier. 

 Curtis in Flor. Lond. gives his mode of successfully cultivating 



this species. 



* * A ntlier parallel to the stiyma, permanent. 



NEOTTIA. Ladies' Traces.^ 



N. spiralis. Sweet Ladies' Traces. Leaves egg-shaped, 

 stalked. Spike spirally twisted, on one side only of 

 the stem. Bracteas downy, swollen. Lip egg-shaped, 

 entire. Ophrys spiralis. E. B. .541. C. 4. 59. 

 Triorchis. G. E. 218. 



' The protuberant germens, placed one above the other, somewhat resemble 

 plaited hair, whence perhaps the name : traces for tresses. 



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